Music Festival in Sweden Exclusively for Women

It appears that Sweden may soon launch a music festival exclusively for women.

Following numerous reports of sexual assaults at other Swedish music festivals, a radio personality and comedian, Emma Knyckare, proposed in a tweet: “What do you think about putting together a really cool festival where only non-men are welcome, that we’ll run until ALL men have learned how to behave themselves?” That idea quickly got traction, when a festival promoter committed to making it happen in 2018.

Sexual allegations are not limited to Sweden, it’s a worldwide problem, with 28 British festivals staging an online “blackout” in May in accordance with the #saferspacesatfestivals campaign.